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Been thinking about this a lot lately, esp. becasue we live in a condo hi-rise...(lots of other tenants to do stupid things even if we are careful as can be)

It may have been covered once before, but I was wondering, who has insurance for their collections & how did you go about getting it? I know a lot of you have very costly collections, and how did you value it/who insures collectibles? Is it covered in your home/renters insurance? Discuss.


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don't have specific 'toy' insurance, but do have home and contents insurance. Since each piece isn't worth that much they are covered under the policy, its more the collected collection that costs a lot.

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Missy,

I remember seeing a company offering collection insurance at SDCC in 05, I dont remember the name of the company, but its out there.

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mis, someone else did post about this recently and I gave them a link to that collectibles insurance that I have a pamphlet for at home here.


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skylar wrote:
mis, someone else did post about this recently and I gave them a link to that collectibles insurance that I have a pamphlet for at home here.


She wants a second opinion. :lol:

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My wife does this to me all the time... drives me crazy...

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I posted about this a while back and then never did anything about it with the companies mentioned because they all seemed flakey when I started asking questions.


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skylar wrote:
mis, someone else did post about this recently and I gave them a link to that collectibles insurance that I have a pamphlet for at home here.


then we should do it! :)


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I have not purchased a policy yet (been meaning to), but this company might be a good source:

http://www.americancollectorsins.com/index.php

Hope that helps!

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I have my most valuable items listed with my homeowners insurance. Same with my art. the rest, I made sure that I had enough coverage in place to replace my collection, if god forbid, anything happened to our house.


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wizeguy wrote:
I have not purchased a policy yet (been meaning to), but this company might be a good source:

http://www.americancollectorsins.com/index.php

Hope that helps!


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lol!

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Wow. This is kind of weird - Janet and I were just talking about this yesterday. Right now we've got renter's insurance, but one of our goals in the next month is to update everything with serial #'s, pictures etc. Hopefully they won't be too skeptical at the value I assign to the toy collection.

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